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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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